Great Xia.
One thousand six hundred years since its founding.
Empress Zhao Lu ascended the throne.
Li Xuanxiao half-knelt on the ground, massaging his master's legs.
With a sweep of her dragon robe, Zhao Lu seated herself upon the dragon throne and accepted the homage of the gathered officials.
The Empress...
Li Xuanxiao and his junior sister Zhao Lu exchanged a glance.
Zhao Lu winked at Li Xuanxiao.
Li Xuanxiao suddenly shuddered.
What was going on? Why did he suddenly have such a bad feeling?
It felt like he was digging a pit for himself.
Must have been an illusion.
Li Xuanxiao glanced at his junior sister again, but she had returned to her innocent, guileless appearance.
Li Xuanxiao blinked.
Had he truly done the right thing? Perhaps only heaven knew.
Li Xuanxiao raised his head and looked toward the sky.
Standing before you now was Great Sui's Chief Enshrinee, the Great Sui Emperor's teacher, the man behind Great Xia's Empress, Shu Mountain's hidden sect master, Heavenly Fiend Hall's future hall master, the guardian of the realm, the nemesis of love-struck fools—Li Xuanxiao.
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Two years later.
Deep within a forest, in a mountain valley.
This was a gathering place for demons.
Today was the vernal equinox.
The two forces of yin and yang tangled here in primal chaos, impossible to distinguish.
And at this moment, it was like a carnival feast for demons and fiends.
Within the cave dwelling, demonic qi spread without restraint like floodwaters bursting through a dike, reaching its strongest point of the year.
In the sky, the crescent